Spring-bed



(No Model.) -A L NORTON SPRING BED.

Patented July 2', 1895.

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SPRING-BED.

$.PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,170, dated July 2,1895.

Application filed February 15, 1895. Serial No. 538,595. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMBROSE L. NORTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Attica, county of Wyoming, and State of New York, have madecertain Improvements in Spring-Beds, of which the following is aspecification.

Myinvention relates to spriug-bedsiu which are employed the ordinaryhour-glass springs retained in place at top and bottom by a seriesofstrips of tempered galvanized steel wire, each strip consisting,preferably, of two parallelstrands connected together by an intermediatewire netting interwoven therewith.

One object of my invention is to provide a method of fastening thesprings to the strips so that each alternate spring will exert aconstant lateral tension upon the whole frame directly opposite to thatexerted by the adjoining springs, whereby swaying or other movement inany direction except vertically is obviated. I

Another object of my invention is to provide a manner of fastening thesprings to the strips that will prevent the latter from slipping ormoving upon'one another, thus retaining them securely in place.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a border for thebed constructed in the same manner as the connecting-strips and soattached to said strips and springs as to leave no sharp corners orpoints to catch or tear the ticking of the bed.

Still another object is to provide a manner of securing the strips toeach other and to the border without the use of additional fasteningdevices.

Another object is to provide a manner of fastening the springs to thestrips that will prevent the springs from uncoiling and thus losingtheir tension.

These objects I accomplish in the manner and by the means hereinafterdescribed and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of one end of a spring-bed constructedin accordance with my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are detail plan views ofthe top and bottom coils, respectively, of one of the springs, showingthe manner of attachment to the connecting-strips.

Fig.4 is a detail side elevation showing the staggered position assumedby the springs before being fastened to the strips at their lower ends.

In the said drawings, A A denote the springs, preferably of the ordinaryhour-glass shape, and retained in place at top and bottom by thelongitudinal and transverse strips B B. These strips are shown as madeup of two parallel twisted strands of tempered galvanized steel wireconnected together by an intermediate wire-netting b, as shown. Thesestrips are preferably previously manufactured in any suitable manner inan endless strip, from which the lengths are cut suitable to form theconnecting-strips. The manner of connecting the top and bottom coils ofthe springs A to these strips at their crossing points is clearly shownin Figs. 2 and 3. As shown, thefree ends of the springs are bent intothe books a, the top and bottom hooks of each spring being locateddiametrically opposite to each other. The top coil of each spring isshown in Fig. 2 as having its end a hooked over one of the strands ofthe transverse strip B, passing from thence over the other strand ofsaid strip, under the longitudinal strip B, over the transverse strip Bagain, and, finally, under strip B, continuing from thence downward intothe narrowed portion of the hour-glass construction of the spring. Thebottom of said spring is fastened to its strips in the reverse manner,as shown in Fig. 3, the hook at engaging with one strand of thetransverse strip B, thence under the other strand of said strip, overstrip B, under strip B again, over strip B,

and from thence continuing up into the narrow part of the spring. Itwill be noticed that the two hooks a are diametrically opposite, thusfastening the ends of the spring in such manner that the liability tounhook from the strips is greatly lessened and the spring prevented fromuncoiling, thereby retaining its tension.

I have shown in Figs, 2 and 3 the strips B B in solid lines forconvenience in illustrating, but it will be understood that these stripsare constructed in the same manner as that shown in Fig. 1. I

The interwinding of the top and bottom coils of the springs A with thestrips B B cffectually binds the latter in place with respect to eachother and prevents any slipping of the same.

I have shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings a side elevation of a series ofthe springs A, which will illustrate the positions they assume beforebeing fastened to the bottom strips of the bed. It will readily be seenfrom this that when they are drawn into a vertical position and fastenedat their hottoms each spring will exert a lateral strain in thedirection it is shown staggered, so that they will counteract eachother, thereby preventing any swaying or other lateral movement of thebed.

Passing around the outer edge of the bed at top and bottom is the border0, which is formed of the same material as the strips 13 B. At eachcorner this border is passed under and over the top coil of the cornerspring. The free ends of the strips 13 B are bent into the hooks c,which engage with the inner strand of the border 0 and retain it firmlyin position.

It will be understood that Fig. 1 illustrates the top frame of the bedand that the bottom frame is formed in a corresponding manner.

I do not wish to limit myself to the exact construction of strips andborder shown, as this may be somewhat varied, provided they consist ofan open-work construction of tempered galvanized steel wire.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A spring bed consisting of a series of coiled springs connectedtogether at their tops and bottoms by a series of longitudinal andtransverse openwork tempered steel strips having their ends bent intohooks to engage the outside strips'runniug at right angles thereto,substantially as described.

2. In a spring bed, the combination with a series of coiled springshaving their top and bottom ends bent into hooks located diametricallyopposite to each other, of a series of openwork tempered steel stripswith which said hooks engage, said strips being also intermeshed withthe top and bottom coils of the springs, substantially as described.

3. In a spring bed, the combination with a series of coiled springs, anda series of longitudinal and transverse strips With which said springsengage, said strips being formed of openwork tempered steel, of a borderfor the bed, also formed of openwork tempered steel, and engaged withthe ends of the strips by hooks formed on said ends of the latter,substantially as described.

4. The combination with a series of connecting strips, of a series ofcoiled springs, each alternate spring being so connected with saidstrips as to exert aconstant tension upon thewhole framework of the bedin a direction opposite to that exerted by the adjoining springs, as setforth.

AMBROSE L. NORTON.

Witnesses:

CHARLES B. PRESCOTT, JOHN B. SKINNER.

